Jail Guard Sues Inmate

April 30, 1986|By Sally Gelson, Staff writer

WEST PALM BEACH — A Palm Beach County Jail guard sued an inmate Tuesday, claiming the inmate struck the guard`s face with a razor blade while the officer was trying to extinguish a fire in the inmate`s jail cell.

Sgt. John Hennessey of West Palm Beach and his wife, Susan, seek more than $10,000 from inmate Jessie B. Lang, said the suit filed in Palm Beach Circuit Court.

Lang, 34, was being held in the jail Tuesday night in lieu of $25,000 bond on a charge of aggravated battery on a police officer, a jail official said.

Hennessey`s suit claimed the incident occurred April 17 in cell West 1-B.

Lang was incarcerated then on charges of aggravated battery, violation of probation and failure to appear in court to face charges of robbery and attempted robbery, the jail official said.